Who (who are the most important people in the text?)
Our Lady of Sorrows
Mesa Preparatory Academy
Paige Sultzbach
What (what happens in the text, what is the text about?)
A girl playing on a boys baseball team.
Where (what is the setting, or where is the action happening?)
Arizona Charter Athletic Association state
When (when is this happening?)
May 2012
Why (why is the action/problem/story happening?)
Because there is no girls softball team so Paige Sultzbach to go on the boys baseball team.
What is the "Big Idea," or "Main Point" of the text?
There is a girl named Paige Sultzbach who played on a boys baseball team because there was no girls softball team. The Mesa prep team won the championship game because of forfeit. Just because they didn't want to play against the Mesa prep team because they had a girl in their team. There was actually no rule saying that girls/boys aren't allowed to play on their opposite gender team if they didn't have a sports team that the other gender had.
Are there other ideas or sub-points that we need to include?
no
Now you have all the information you need to write a summary. Using the above information, and without simply retelling the article try and summarize it below.
There is a girl named Paige Sultzbach, she liked the sport: softball. Paige tryed out on the boys team because there was no girls team, but the boys wanted her on their team because she played really good at second base. When they won the tournament, they got to go to the championship game.
The Mesa prep team won the championship game because the other team forfeited. Just because they didn't want to play against the Mesa prep team because they had a girl in their team. Previously, Paige sat out for two whole games because she felt that she should respect their beliefs and it was on their grounds.
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Who (who are the most important people in the text?)
Our Lady of Sorrows
Mesa Preparatory Academy
Paige Sultzbach
What (what happens in the text, what is the text about?)
A girl playing on a boys baseball team.
Where (what is the setting, or where is the action happening?)
Arizona Charter Athletic Association state
When (when is this happening?)
May 2012
Why (why is the action/problem/story happening?)
Because there is no girls softball team so Paige Sultzbach to go on the boys baseball team.
What is the "Big Idea," or "Main Point" of the text?
There is a girl named Paige Sultzbach who played on a boys baseball team because there was no girls softball team. The Mesa prep team won the championship game because of forfeit. Just because they didn't want to play against the Mesa prep team because they had a girl in their team. There was actually no rule saying that girls/boys aren't allowed to play on their opposite gender team if they didn't have a sports team that the other gender had.
Are there other ideas or sub-points that we need to include?
no
Now you have all the information you need to write a summary. Using the above information, and without simply retelling the article try and summarize it below.
There is a girl named Paige Sultzbach, she liked the sport: softball. Paige tryed out on the boys team because there was no girls team, but the boys wanted her on their team because she played really good at second base. When they won the tournament, they got to go to the championship game.
The Mesa prep team won the championship game because the other team forfeited. Just because they didn't want to play against the Mesa prep team because they had a girl in their team. Previously, Paige sat out for two whole games because she felt that she should respect their beliefs and it was on their grounds.